Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-19
ROYALTY In NEW YORK,
The Leading Hotels Have Had g surfeit
of IL.


The hotels OF New York have never en- |
tertained so many representatives Of
royalty and NOBILITY in one year as they
nave during period dating from March !
Of this year to the present time. Queen |
Kapiolani snd her retinu9 the Prince 6
Siam ind his following, s rich Indian |
Prince and the Duke CT Marlborough have |
been some of the titled guests. No 175t- /
class New YORK hotel hss s monopoly Ct
the patronage OF nobility and royalty, al |
though ali Grs eager 70 get them, fer they |
Sre great advertisement. a house on
lower Fifth avenue, CT modest appearance
but eInluertly select SIS to is guests, had
the Indian Prince cpd the Duke Of MsIl
borough among SIS guests. It is not 81 !
expensive hotel, but it has aid keeps 9
rue on royslty, and especially ca titled
persons from Great Britain and her
provinces. An old hotel msn was asked
now houses succeed hrsr IN getting
the patronage OF wealthy and royal
foreigners. He replied that it
is mainly due 20 the Influence eli
their Wallets CIR servants. The valet falls
inIwith the purser or captain Of toe steamer
and makes inquiries as TO the best hotel.
Tne captain has his favoritG list of hotels
whose prCprietOrs have Tot fogO.ten him,
&nd his royal passengers are pretty sure
to 60 to the house that he suggests.
Railroad conductors, too are very useful
tgents for hotels, and many g conductor
while in New York gets his board free in
consideration that he will send dis
,ipgushed customers TO the house,
But royal personeges are not the mos
profitable guests OF house. Your English
lord will pay $40 day for the board oi
himself and servants 81 select botel End
think it eXtravagGnt enough. The board
bill Of the Prince Of Sian and his retiaue
while he Wss in New York did not exceed
$50 q day, ard the Queen OF the SaDd 8!ch
IslsDds lived On much less than that, 8
fact which may h4vc been due 10 She
somewhat impoverished condition of the
treasury OF the kingdom.
The big hotel bills paid 10 New York
are from the pockets Of foreigners less
high in rGnk than Princes or Dukes or
from Americans, who, after all, are the
best patrons. Sarah Bernhardt, when in
New York, stops at hotel wnoge best
rooms cost $40 each day. She gets g
suite for herself snd apartments for her
attendants and the mansgerie Of animals
that she has with her. The entire cost Of
the lodging is about So q day, and Of her
meals from the hotel cafe about SIS. She
is not q dr1ker Of much expensive wine.
Patti and NiCClini, who ale high Iivers
and drink choice wine, psy more
for their meals ard less Tor their
apartments. 4 prince Of hotel |
patrons, however, was de L2sseps. He |
and his family and servants paid, at q |
weu-kGown uptown house, the princely |
OF 6p he p
own cook il the Kitchen, and several ct |
tendants, and lived on 9ne very top shelf. |
An obscure Spanish Count, Of not ver5 |
great wealth or fame, WAS at the same
hotel prior to the coming OF de Lesseps, |
and although unknown to fame On this |
side Of the water he won distinction as
the banner hotel customer by paying the |
princely sum Of $500 per week fer his |
entertainment. When James McHenry, |
the once time railroad magnate, was in !
the zenita Of his financial power, he was
one Of the most profitable customers Of
New York hotels lie had his valet and |
agent and attendants with him. Nothing
but the best suite Of rooms IN house |
would answer his purpose, and although |
. light cater he was net spariug as to the |
table. When the Duke Alexis visited |
tnis country ne spent money very freely |
at the hotel where he stopped, and his |
taste Tor Russian dishes nearly drove the |
chef wild. He demanded cheese snd
whisky as an appetizer in the morning. |
his tes Was brewed in samovlr, accord |
ing to the Russian rule, aud nothing but |
the choicest OF champagne, of which |
Russians always get the best, would suit |
his taste.
However, the best sill the year round
guests are the Americans, and especially |
those from the west, snd the most
profitable Of these are the people on their
wedding tour. One hotel on upper |
Broadway makes quite a feature Ct en-
PERTAINING The latter clsss. 1t has bridal |
chambers that rent for S27 G day, and q
good meal in it's cafe will cost the couple |
about $40. Another house, farther up
town, makes specially Of catering 10 |
people who desire to be truly select, and |
especially 10 elderly ladies OF wealth who |
desire to keep their daughters in the |
choicest social atmosphere Of hotel life |
that money will buy. The house was
owned by man who recently gave it |
to his daughter as her wedding por-
ZION, and she draws the handsome income |
OF $1,000 month from it. Even st this |
enormous rental the landlord, who died |
the other day, made 81 900, 900 cut of the |
plsce. His hobby was to kecp the house |
select. There was well-conGucted bar |
in an obscure part of the hotel, but one
evening some young men in the saloon |
raised their voices above the GeCorous key |
that was the rule of the hotel, snd the
landlord at once closed AMI abolished his |
bar. There is, perhaps, no other city in
the world where it would be possible for |
hotel, running st such great expense, to |
make money without bar.
1t is pretty hard to fad q hotel in New
York that isn't making money. A land |
lo.d Of one Of the latest and most expen- |
sive houses built in New York, died the !
other day worth fortune. The proprie- |
tor Of the house spent more than $780,
600 in its construction, but it proved so |
profitable from its start that it has given |
MIN no care beyond receiving the rent
when il was brought TO him. Indeed, it |
is said that he has never been inside of it. |
AMOS j. CUMMINGS.
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